Stage 3 Hepatitis C

My father is suffering from Hepatitis C virus (Genotype 3A). Doctor suggested for treatment of medicine with pegasys and ribavirin for 48 weeks. Is this treatment will be fine or else there is some other good treatment. Thanks

These are the only available treatments right now.My only comment is that we usually only treat HCV genotype 3 with six months of treatment. Their decision to treat longer may be due to your father's stage of disease....You will want to discuss....
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...with promising new drug development and increased national advocacy. In terms of drug development, the treatment pipeline for hepatitis C (HCV) is very robust. Two protease inhibitors, telaprevir and bocepravir, are in final Phase 3 studies and...
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...Why not? Daniel Fierer: Well, I think the non-invasive tests are pretty much acknowledged to only pick up things at about stage 3 and stage 4. They are pretty good at identifying cirrhosis and stage 3 fibrosis. Gerald Pierone: But when you...
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